Social network popularity around the world — With the help of Google data, we have looked at 12 of the top social networks to answer a simple, but highly interesting question: — Where are they the most popular? — The social networks we included in this survey were MySpace, Facebook …

Dell's comeback machine — The redesigned Dell Latitude line will offer colors, a Linux mode, and other un-Dell touches. Photo: Dell — I'm at Dell's design headquarters near Round Rock, Texas, getting a first glimpse of the company's colorful new line of business laptops that go on sale Tuesday …

New Dell Latitude Notebooks: No More Business as Usual — Today we're officially unveiling our new line of Latitude laptops to the world. Based on the amount of internal buzz and the volume of work it took to get us here, this is about the biggest product rollout I can remember …

Introducing the New DISQUS — With this latest update, we are making Disqus easier, faster, and more portable. Simple enough, right? Let's begin. — In reverse order! — portable — WordPress Plugin 2.0 — We've been working on improving integration with platforms.

3G iPhone Connection Problems Chip-Related? — Om has complained about his frustration with the 3G iPhone, which has poor reception and forces him to spend more time on the 2.5G EDGE network than he thought, but the issue may be with Infineon's 3G chip, according to Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities.

Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Invasion of Georgia — Weeks before physical bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace. — Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks in Lexington noticed a stream …

UI Guru Jakob Nielsen's Site Is Unreadable — Ok, this is only half a dig. Jakob is one of the most respected writers and thinkers about user interface on the web. He is clearly bright, and he writes intelligent and useful things. In fact I quote Jakob and reference his work all of the time.

Apple Blogosphere Flips, Product Rumors Chase Own Tail — Such is the frenzy for information about potential new products from Apple (AAPL) that the blogsphere has begun to lose track of the rumors. — On Macrumors.com, a post this morning makes reference to a report purportedly put out today by Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson.

Android may be here sooner then we think — We're hearing rumor after rumor that Android has been delayed, and pushed back to 2009. Well TmoNews is jumping into the pool or rumors, calling BS on those other rumors, and putting in our vote of confidence on a presale of the Android phone on September 16th, 2008.

Open Industry Standards For Audio & Video On The Web — One of the key drivers in making audio and video distribution possible via the internet is the great advances in compression technologies (codecs). Obviously, broadband adoption and ever more capable PCs and mobile devices helped a lot …

Shutterfly Finally Gives Photos Wings — Shutterfly, one of the first photo sharing sites on the Internet, has survived the dot-com bust and competition from the likes of Kodak and Hewlett-Packard. — But the recent wave of popular Web 2.0 photo sites like Flickr, Slide, Photobucket and RockYou …